Re: [tlug] Stand Up for OpenOffice!!

[Jean-Christophe Helary <fusion@example.com>]

On 29 janv. 07, at 20:35, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Guillaume Proux writes:
>
> > Nowadays, there is a wonderful web search service called google...
>
> Sure, C-c w g.
>
> However, I'm interested in where Jean-Christophe gets *his*
> information, as well as the information itself.  I don't believe
> everything I read on the Web, and I'm not in a position to evaluate
> the reliability of materials in French or about France.

I get most of my info on the OOo lists :) The French community  
happens to be quite active. And I am mostly a lurker there who  
sometimes helps with localization.
I think there were articles in Le Monde about that, but I've just  
asked about better reference on the lists so I'll be able to give you  
more links with better sources.

Well, the point being that there are already quite a few places that  
have already decided to move to the only ISO/ODF fully supporting  
application. OOo is good enough for most user needs even if it is not  
perfect. And as I wrote earlier, in linguistic settings that do not  
require X11 specific input methods it is quite straightforward to  
use. There are plenty of companies in France that offer technical  
support for the suite too. I think a lot of places that are required  
to adopt ISO practices will have to move to ODF and thus to OOo in  
the middle term. ODF is still young as an ISO standard (March) but  
that is what will bring OOo (and derivatives) on the desktops of a  
lot of organizations.

Jean-Christophe